begins

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

Begin \Be*gin"\, noun Beginning. [Poetic & Obs.] --Spenser.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

Begin \Be*gin"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Began}, {Begun}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beginning}.] [AS. beginnan (akin to OS. biginnan, D. & G. beginnen, OHG. biginnan, Goth., du-ginnan, Sw. begynna, Dan. begynde); pref. be- + an assumed ginnan. [root]31. See {Gin} to begin.]

1. To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

Vast chain of being! which from God began. --Pope.

2. To do the first act or the first part of an action; to enter upon or commence something new, as a new form or state of being, or course of action; to take the first step; to start. "Tears began to flow." --Dryden.

When I begin, I will also make an end. --1 Sam. iii. 12.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

Begin \Be*gin"\, verb (used with an object)

1. To enter on; to commence.

Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song. --Pope.

2. To trace or lay the foundation of; to make or place a beginning of.

The apostle begins our knowledge in the creatures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. --Locke.

Syn: To commence; originate; set about; start.

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

Begin

noun

1: Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) [syn: {Begin}, {Menachem Begin}]

verb

1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: {get down}, {begin}, {get}, {start out}, {start}, {set about}, {set out}, {commence}] [ant: {end}, {terminate}]

2: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000" [syn: {begin}, {start}] [ant: {cease}, {end}, {finish}, {stop}, {terminate}]

3: set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" [syn: {begin}, {lead off}, {start}, {commence}] [ant: {end}, {terminate}]

4: begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began

5: be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number 'one' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"

6: have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month"

7: have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: {begin}, {start}]

8: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade" [syn: {begin}, {start}]

9: achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"

10: begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"

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